gilded vs opulent what difference

what is difference between gilded and opulent

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɪldɪd/

Verb

gilded

1. simple past tense and past participle of gild

Adjective

gilded

1. Having the color or quality of gold.
2. Made of gold or covered by a thin layer of gold.
3. Having a falsely pleasant appearance; sugarcoated.
   • 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act II Scene 7

     All that glisters is not gold;

     Often have you heard that told:

     Many a man his life hath sold

     But my outside to behold:

     Gilded tombs do worms infold.

     Had you been as wise as bold,

     Young in limbs, in judgement old,

     Your answer had not been inscroll’d:

     Fare you well; your suit is cold.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• glided

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin opulēns, opulentus, from ops (“wealth, power, resources”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃op- (“to work; produce in abundance”). Equivalent to ops +‎ -ulent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɒpjʊlənt/

Adjective

opulent (comparative more opulent, superlative most opulent)

1. Luxuriant, and ostentatiously magnificent.
2. Rich, sumptuous and extravagant.

Related terms

• opulence

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin opulēns, opulentis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.py.lɑ̃/

Adjective

opulent (feminine singular opulente, masculine plural opulents, feminine plural opulentes)

1. opulent

Related terms

• opulence

Anagrams

• loupent

Further reading

• “opulent” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Romanian

Etymology

From French opulent, from Latin opulentus.

Adjective

opulent m or n (feminine singular opulentă, masculine plural opulenți, feminine and neuter plural opulente)

1. opulent

Declension

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